[KronisLV]

> ...instead of the older LAMP which can require somewhat complex Apache configuration.

Is it really that bad? The Apache configuration seems decent with something like PHP-FPM: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40256843

  LoadModule proxy_fcgi_module "/usr/lib/apache2/modules/mod_proxy_fcgi.so"
  <FilesMatch \.(php|phar)$>
    SetHandler "proxy:fcgi://127.0.0.1:9000"
  </FilesMatch>

Here's a more full example of Nginx that's quite conceptually similar to how one would configure Apache, with installing the prerequisite packages: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37443911

There are also prebuilt container images that you can use to achieve similar results, this is just in case you want to do it yourself and have a look at what's under the hood a bit more.

In my eyes, that's certainly easier than configuring the Java app servers of old, like doing manual Tomcat or GlassFish configuration or whatever people spent time on back then. A single run command will usually be better regardless of the environment, but LAMP isn't all that bad either, when compared to the other stacks out there.